Wheeled vehicle.



No. 844,615. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907. I. B. PALMER. WHBELED VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27.1906.

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I. E. PALMER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27.1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed Jnne27,1906.' Serial No. 323.543.

Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wheeled. Ve-

hicles, of which the following ise specifics.

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- My present invention consists-in roviding a wheeled vehicle in which the wheels of a pair upon opposite sides'of the vehicle are so arranged that the wheel upon one side of the vehicle is set sliced of the wheelon the-other side of the vehicle, thus obviatin the sudden j ars'ocossioned by the passing or the vehicle over obstructions across the roadsuch, for instance, as cross-walks, water-ridges,- and the like.

side of'the vehicle of the front pair is setahead of its companion wheel on the other side of the vehicle and the wheel. of the rear pair is set behind its companion wheel, thus for instance, causin the left-hand wheel of the front air to strike the obstruction first, the rightand'wheel of' the front pair next, the right-hand wheel of the rear pair next,

and finally the left-hand wheel of the rear Practical embodiments of my invention are represented in the accompanying drawings, inwhieh- Figure-1 'showsun top plan so much of a self-propelled vehicle heving'adoublechain drive as will give .e. clear understanding of my invention.

one form of shaft-drive; end Fig. 3 is a'similar view of a portion; ofa self-propelled vehicle, showingsnother' form of shaft+drive In all ofthe viewsthe right-hand wheel of the front pair of wheels is denoted by 1 and the left-hand wheel by 2. These wheels are shown as mounted on studexles and are connected by the usual arms 3 ands and cross-rod 5, to be turned. in unison; An arm 6 is shown: for the attachment of the steering-gosh. (Not shown herein.)

The. wheel 2 is set ahead of the wheel 1 a By this arrangement onewheel of a pair meets the obstruction first and then A preferable Fig.2 is a similar view of a portion of the self propelled vehicle having short distance, so that the wheel 2 willstrike an obstruction before the wheel; 1. The right-hand wheel of the rear pair of wheels-is denoted by 7 and the left-hand wheelby 8 Patented Feb. 19,1907.

The right-hand Wheel 7 is shown as bein set ahead of the left-handwheel18, so that the .wheel 7 will strike an obstruction before the wheel 8 Any obstruction across the road will thereby be struck successively by the wheels 2 1 7 8 instead of first by the wheels 1 and 2 simultaneously and then. by the wheels 7 and '8 simultaneously. InFi 1 the wheel 7 is driven froni a cross shaft 9%)y a syirocket-and-chain connection 10 1.1 12, and. the wheel 8 is driven from a cross-shaft 9 by a sprocket and-chsinicon-' nection 13-14 15. The cross-shaft Qis driven from any suitable driving mechanism. "(Not shown herein.)

In'Figs. 2 and 3 the wheels 7 and 8 are driven frome shaft 16, leading to the driving mechanism. (Not shown.) In.Fig. 2 the shaft. 16 has a bevel gear connection'17 18 with the axle 19 of the Wheel 8 and the axle 20 of thewheel 7" through an axle-section 21, having universal-joint connections with the axles 19 and 20. In Fig. 3 the shaft 16 has a bevel-gear con'nection22 23 with an intermediate axle-section. 24, having universaljoint connections. with axle-sections 25 26,

which lest-named axle-sections heve in turn llIllYBISBth-jOiXlt connections with; the axles 27 28 of the Wheels 7 and-8.

It is'evident that. variousothen arrangements might be madewhich would. result in one Wheel of each pair of Wheels heihg set in advance of the other wheel of the air- Hence I do not wish to limit myself strict y to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is i wagon-roads, having its front and rearwheels on each side arrd'nged to substantial] track, one wheel of a pairlbeing set ahea of' the other wheel of the oair for obviating the sudden jers occasioned by possing over obstructions across the road. j 2. A wheeled vehiclehaving'one wheel of the front pair and one wheel of the. rear pair set ahead of the others-wheel of each pair for obviating the sudden jars occasioned by passing over obstructionsacross the road.

3. A wheeled vehicleheving the wheels of 1. A four-wheeled vehicle for use on.-

the front and rear pairs on one sideof the 5 my inventiori l have signed my name, in vehicle set ahead and behind respectively of l resume of two wttnesse's, this: 25th day of the other Wheels of the said pairs on the other une, 1906. side-0f the Vehicle for obviating the sudden V ISAAC E-.- PALMER.

5 j ars occasioned by passing over obstructions Witnesses: across the road, PA L S. CARR1ER,.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CHARLES "M. SAUER. 

